Junk Removal in Freetown & Assonet, MA

Freetown's curbside pickup takes green Pay-As-You-Throw bags, not couches, mattresses or appliances. Those go to the transfer station on Howland Road, in your own vehicle, one fee at a time. Count On Me! does junk removal in Freetown MA from our base in Assonet. We're a family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 5+ years hauling junk on the South Shore. Call or text us a photo of the garage, barn or pile and we'll price it before any work begins, or come out for a free on-site estimate.

What Freetown and Assonet homes need

Freetown is a town of houses: about nine in ten homes are single-family and roughly 85% are owner-occupied. Nearly half were built between 1970 and 1999, so many households have decades of living stored in basements, garages and sheds. A cleanout here usually means the whole property: the workbench, the chest freezer, the dead riding mower, the swing set, the above-ground pool.

The Freetown-Fall River State Forest covers roughly a third of town, between Assonet and East Freetown, and lots are big: long driveways, back-yard sheds, outbuildings. Tell us how close the truck can get and we plan the carry before we arrive.

Older houses in the Assonet Village Historic District often have narrow stairs, low basements and pull-down attic ladders. Estate cleanouts there are careful carrying: keepers set aside, donations and recycling pulled out, the rest hauled.

Junk removal services in Freetown & Assonet

• Estate CleanoutsWhole houses in Assonet and East Freetown emptied before a sale, with keepers set aside and usable furniture pulled out for donation where we can.
• Garage & Basement CleanoutsDecades of garage, basement and barn storage carried out, including the old fridge and the tires a trash bag can't take.
• Light DemolitionOld sheds, decks, fences, playsets and above-ground pools torn out and hauled off Freetown's bigger lots.
• Hot Tub RemovalA dead hot tub taken out of the back yard and hauled away, with the spot cleaned up after.
• Mattress RemovalMattresses and box springs, banned from Freetown trash bags like everywhere in Massachusetts, picked up and sent for recycling.

Freetown trash rules, the transfer station, and when to call a hauler

Freetown's curbside pickup only takes trash in green Pay-As-You-Throw bags, and bags of 50 pounds or more are left behind with a violation sticker. The town's trash page lists no curbside bulky-item pickup. Furniture, mattresses and appliances go to the Freetown Transfer Station at 49 Howland Road in Assonet, with a resident sticker (two free per household) and a fee per piece.

The town's posted fees add up: $25 for a couch, $20 for a refrigerator, $20 to $35 for a TV, and $10 (crib) to $40 (king) for each mattress or box spring. A full truckload is $110. Family from out of town clearing a parent's house can buy a $20 one-day pass, but they still do the loading, the driving and the unloading.

Massachusetts bans mattresses, textiles, appliances, TVs, metal, tires and yard waste from the trash, and Freetown has no curbside yard waste pickup; leaves and brush go to the transfer station. We sort every load: recycling, donation where we can, proper disposal for the rest.

We don't take hazardous waste: oil-based paint, solvents, chemicals, gasoline, propane tanks or asbestos. Those go to the regional household hazardous waste day at the Crapo Hill Landfill (sign-up required). Empty or dried-out latex paint cans we can take; Cam confirms anything else.

Getting started in Freetown & Assonet

1. 1

   Call or text a photo

   Send a picture of the garage, shed or pile and tell us how far the truck can get up the driveway.

2. 2

   Get your price first

   We quote from the photo or a free on-site estimate. Mention mattresses, TVs, fridges and tires; they cost more to dispose of in Massachusetts. Same-day pickup when the schedule has room, otherwise a time that fits your closing, move or yard project.

3. 3

   We do the lifting

   Basement, attic, barn or back yard, we carry everything to the truck and load it.

4. 4

   Sweep, sort, recycle

   We sweep up, then split the load: recycling, donation where we can, and proper disposal for the rest.

Freetown & Assonet junk removal questions

Sources (11)

1. freetownma.gov/1208/Curbside-Trash-Recycling
2. freetownma.gov/1199/Transfer-Station
3. freetownma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1578/Transfer-Station-Fees-PDF
4. freetownma.gov/1267/Resident-Privileges-Stickers-Transfer-St
5. freetownma.gov/1304/Yard-Waste-and-Brush
6. freetownma.gov/1710/Household-Hazardous-Waste-Day
7. gnbrrmdistrict.org/hazardous-waste/
8. mass.gov/guides/massdep-waste-disposal-bans
9. neighborhoodscout.com/ma/freetown/real-estate
10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown,_Massachusetts
11. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown-Fall_River_State_Forest